diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rtags/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rtags/default.nix
index 3a9ecb7697ab..c35018f4cc73 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rtags/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rtags/default.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "rtags";
-  version = "2.16";
-
+  version = "2.34";
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ llvmPackages.llvm openssl emacs ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.cc.isGNU [ llvmPackages.clang-unwrapped ]
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
     url = "https://github.com/andersbakken/rtags.git";
-    sha256 = "15qmwkajw2zzfnw9hnv08p0asa6prg88nvqlxmv56c0dyhldjpkm";
+    sha256 = "1smp2r9lkvf9rpjjy7dink9ncdakgsa31f2kdxvcpyggfz275m1n";
     # unicode file names lead to different checksums on HFS+ vs. other
     # filesystems because of unicode normalisation
     postFetch = ''